Support Worker - Wokingham, United Kingdom - Optalis
Description
Salary
£22,572.70
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
Region
South
Package
£22,572.70
Date posted
17/04/2024
Job reference
OPR0000515
Optalis is the adult social care delivery partner on behalf of Wokingham Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Council.
Support Worker, Wokingham, New Services £22,572.70
We are currently recruiting for Support Workers to compliment our commitment to delivering adult social care to new services for Wokingham Borough Council.
As a Support Worker you will provide high quality person-centred support and care to a wide range of individuals with learning disabilities, in line with CQC requirements and borough policy.
For this role you will work as part of a team to support our customers with daily living skills and activities including personal care and domestic duties, whilst promoting their independence.
This role includes responsibility for key working for our customers and working closely with other professionals and family members to ensure health and well-being.
This particular service is responsible for actively enhancing customers lives to become valued members of their community, to develop friendships and relationships, have a life that makes sense to the individual.
Encouraging customers to be able to follow their interests and hobbies, and have the chance to enjoy new experiences working with a can do attitude.
Supporting this for all individuals, but taking the lead where necessary acting as a key worker.
Supporting our customers to have a full life in which they are safe, working in partnership with external professionals contributing to positive behavioural support plans.
Working for Optalis you will also receive a range of benefits, including:
- A Perkbox rewards package offering discounts on cinema, shopping, health, travel and insurance
- 25 days annual leave (pro rata) rising annually to a maximum of 30 days with 8 bank holidays, and an extra day off for your birthday
- An additional health and wellbeing day
- A comprehensive paid training and development programme
- Excellent career progression opportunities and support
- As a valued and integral member of the team you will have a voice in the service and forums to be heard and make a difference
- STAR awards a reward scheme which recognises staff who have gone the extra mile
- A generous pension scheme
- Optalis is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our staff and customers. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a DBS check and will need to provide proof of their right to work in the UK._
is
exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The DBS clearance level required is
Enhanced with Adult Barred list**.
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